Classic travel writing books

Mysterious messages from over a hundred years ago, written in the dying art of Pitman Shorthand  Read More >>

This work is a facsimile reprint of Hugh Miller's 1857 notes recording his rambles around Scotland in the mid 1840s....  Read More >>

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How was Hong Kong perceived and described by writers from the 1950s during the last colonial period? Was it a British...  Read More >>

How was Hong Kong perceived and described by writers from the 1950s during the last colonial period? Was it a British...  Read More >>

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First published in 1928, this book is the personal account of John Wilson's experiences as a School Inspector, encompassing...  Read More >>

¿Quieres vivir tu primera aventura como mochilero/a, pero no sabes qué esperar? Este libro te quitará las dudas...  Read More >>

INTRODUCED BY WILLIAM ATKINS, author of The Immeasurable World 'I am merely an eccentric, a dreamer who wishes...  Read More >>

A vivid new translation of a Bengali classic -- Syed Mujtaba Ali's account of his travels in 1920s Afghanistan....  Read More >>

INTRODUCED BY CAROLINE EDEN, award-winning author of Black Sea, Red Sands and Samarkand 'Medieval pomp, splendour,...  Read More >>

Abounding in colour and humour, and interspersed with unforgettable set pieces, Pictures from Italy is yet another...  Read More >>

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni retraced Rama's journey from Ayodhya to Sri Lanka, discovering the link between...  Read More >>

'It was stimulating and exciting, and I wrote down that hewas the best kind of companion one could have for a tripof...  Read More >>

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When Dreams Collide is Nicholas Allan's intimate pilgrimage across the former states of Yugoslavia as he explores...  Read More >>

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Dora, William's Wordsworth's daughter, left this fascinating and vivid account of her stay in Portugal in 1845....  Read More >>

Timeless travel writing from a classic author, Charles Dickens' vivid descriptions of touring Italy at the dawn...  Read More >>

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In the spring of 1871, Ralph Waldo Emerson took month-and-a-half-long tour of California - an interlude that became...  Read More >>

‘One of the non-fiction books of the year.’ Andrew O’ Hagan A powerful, evocative and...  Read More >>

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'Lugworm on the Loose' describes how Ken and B quit the ‘rat race’ and explored the Greek islands ­under sail. 'Lugworm...  Read More >>